Wheel



NOV. 5, 1935. Q s ASH 2,019,556

WHEEL Filed Jan. 8, 1935 INVENTOR CHARLES S. ASH.

ATTO RN EY Patented Nov. 5, 1935 PATENT OFFICE WHEEL Charles S. Ash, Milford, Mich., assignor to Kelsay-Hayes Wheel Company, Detroit, Mich a corporation of Delaware Application January 8, 1935, Serial No. 919

4Claims. (01.,301-5) The invention relates 'to wheels and refers 1 more particularly to wheels for use with motor vehicles.

The invention has for one of its objects to pro- 5 vide a wheel construction having a wheel assembly and a cover and to provide means upon the cover for counter-balancing the unbalancing weight of the wheel assembly to secure a Wheel construction having perfect running balance. The invention has for another object to so construct the counterbalancing weight that it may be readily varied andto so mount this weight that it is concealed by the cover. .A further object is to provide access to the counterbalancing weight by detachably securing the cover to the wheel assembly.

These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawm in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wheel construction showing an embodiment of my inV en- Figure 1.

As illustrated in the present instance, the wheel construction or complete wheel comprises the wheel assembly I and the cover plate 2. The wheel assembly comprises the wheel hub 3, the

wheel body 4, the tire carrying rim 5 and the brake drum 6. It is also intended that the wheel assembly may comprise the tire I. The wheel hub has a' fixed radially extending flange 8 tothe inboard side of which is fixedly secured the web of the brake drum 6 and to the outboard side of which is detachably secured the wheel body 4. The wheel body, as shown, is of the disk type and it is detachably secured to the wheel hub by the bolts 9 and the nuts Ill. The rim 5, as shown,'is

of the drop-center type having its base fixedly secured to the peripheral flange ll upon the wheel body. The cover plate isadapted to conceal the wheel body, the wheel hub and the means for securing the wheel body to the wheel hub and for securing the wheel hub to the axle. The

cover to said assembly.

brake drum or the tire being unbalanced, or by a combination. Since it is very important, especially when the tire is a low pressure tire, to have the wheel construction or complete wheel in perfect running balance, I have provided a means upon and concealed by the cover plate 2 for counterbalancing the wheel assembly. This counterbalancing weight, as shown, comprises the member Id, the stud i5 and the nut i6 threaded upon the stud. The member It may comprise 10 one or more plates which are sleeved upon the stud and which are adapted to be clamped against its base by the nut l6 and the base is fixedly secured to the inboard side of the cover by suitable means, such as welding. The counterbalancing 15 weight is opposed to the unbalancing weight of the wheel assembly, the cover plate being angularly adjustably secured to the wheel assembly. This counterbalancing weight may be readily varied by removing or adding plates which are 20 provided with difierent thicknesses until the wheel construction or complete wheel is inperfect running balance. It is apparent that this arrangement also provides for readily counterbalancing the wheel construction in the event that 25 any element such as the tire or the brake drum is replaced by another in another state of balance or unbalance.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination of an unbalanced wheel 30 assembly, a cover plate secured thereto, and means upon said cover plate for counterbalancing the unbalancing weight of said assembly.

2. The combination of a wheel assembly having a weight greater at one side of its axis than an- 35 cover plate secured to said assembly, and means upon said coverplate for counterbalancing said unbalancing weight.

3. The combination of an unbalanced wheel as- 40 sembly, a predeterminedly unbalanced cover plate, and means for securing said cover plate to said assembly to oppose the unbalancing weight of one to the unbalancing weight of the other.

4. The combination of an unbalanced wheel 45 assembly, a cover plate, a weight for counterbalancing the unbalancing weight of said assembly, said counterbalancing weight comprising a member at the inboard side of said cover plate, and means also at the inboard side of said cover plate for detachably securing said member to said cover and means for detachably securing said CHARLES S. ASH. 

